Political Quotes

“The fact is that we are here because we are concerned about veterans and the fact that this administration is woefully underfunding VA health care. The truth is that since President Bush came to office, he has sent to this Congress budgets which ask for greatly increased costs to our veterans. The President has asked that the cost of a prescription drug be increased from $7 a prescription to $15 a prescription. The President has asked in his budget that a $250 annual user fee be imposed upon our veterans. The President has asked that the cost of a clinic visit be increased. And the President through his administration has created a new category of veterans which they call priority group 8. These are veterans who are told that they can no longer participate in VA health care. These people can be combat decorated veterans and still be told by this administration that they cannot participate in VA health care. What the President has already done is harmful enough to veterans, but just recently a memo surfaced from this administration from the Office of Management and Budget. It outlines what the President will likely do if he is reelected when it comes time to create the budget for 2006. In that memo, we find out that the Bush administration plans to cut about $900 million out of VA health care funding in the 2006 budget.”